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Basil Rouille
Ingredients: 1 cup fresh minced basil 1 small tomato, seeded and chopped 1/3 cup fine dry bread crumbs 4 large cloves of garlic, minced 1 small Serrano chile, seeded and diced 1 teaspoon salt ½ cup olive oil Instructions: Combine basil, tomato, crumbs, garlic, chile pepper and salt and mix well. Gradually stir in the […]
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How to Make Homemade Sausage
Please welcome guest author Hank Shaw of Hunter Angler Gardener Cook as he walks us through the steps of homemade sausage-making. Making sausage at home is one of those lost arts that really is not so difficult as it sounds. At its core, a sausage is simply ground meat and fat, salt, and flavorings. It […]
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Basic Pasta Dough
Ingredients: 2 ½ cups flour ½ cup cake flour 5 eggs 1 tablespoon olive oil Instructions: Use the food processor in the manner in which you have been taught!!! Comments: This makes about 32 four inch by five inch cannellioni sheets.
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Baked Pears with Pomegranate and Zinfandel
Ingredients Zinfandel 1 cup Pomegranate juice 1 cup (see comments below) Sugar ½ cup Cinnamon stick 1 Orange peel 2 t Bosc pears 6 Instructions Peel and core all the pears leaving them whole but flat bottomed. Mix sauce ingredients together Place pears in baking dish and pour the sauce over it Roast for one […]
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Bastilla
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons butter, melted 1 egg, beaten 2 boneless chicken breasts, poached and torn into bite size pieces 1/8 teaspoon saffron, dissolved in a teaspoon of boiling water ¾ teaspoon minced ginger root 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg ½ teaspoon cinnamon, divided 1 tablespoon sugar, divided 2 tablespoons golden raisins 2 tablespoons pine nuts Salt and […]
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B’stilla for a Crowd
Ingredients: 4 pounds chicken thighs and legs 3 cups water ½ cup butter 1 cup chopped parsley 1 large onion, grated 1 three inch cinnamon stick 1 teaspoon pepper ¾ teaspoon ground ginger ¼ teaspoon turmeric ¼ teaspoon saffron 3 sprigs cilantro ¼ cup oil 1 pound whole blanched almonds ½ cup powdered sugar 2 […]
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Veal Chops with Roasted Shallots, Arugula, and Polenta
Ingredients 1 cup olive oil or less, divided 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice 1/4 cup fresh thyme leaves 1 tablespoon coarse kosher salt 1 tablespoon ground black pepper 4 1 3/4-inch-thick veal rib chops (each about 12 ounces), frenched 18 small shallots, peeled, halved 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar 1 12-ounce package grape tomatoes 1/3 cup […]
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Asparagus Prosciutto Pizza
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 red onion, thinly sliced Salt and pepper Dough for pizza ¼ pound goat cheese, crumbled 6 asparagus spears, ends trimmed, lightly blanched and cut into 2 inch pieces 2 tablespoons Parmigiano 1 tablespoon chopped oregano 4 to 6 paper thin slices of prosciutto Instructions: Sauté onion slices in oil […]
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Potato Tart from the Auvergne
Though hearty and filling, this potato tart manages to be elegant as well. Serve with a vegetable gratin and a simple country red wine.
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Andre Le Saint’s Zucchini Gratin
Make sure the zucchini you get are firm and unblemished. They will give you that wonderfully elusive, nutty flavor!
Recipe by Jo Ann Erickson